Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 114
सारात्सारतरं नाथ तव प्राणप्रियं हि यत् । तन्मे कथय देवेश प्रियाहं यदि ते प्रभो
sārātsārataraṃ nātha tava prāṇapriyaṃ hi yat | tanme kathaya deveśa priyāhaṃ yadi te prabho
हे नाथा! सारातही सार जे, जे तुझ्या प्राणांना अत्यंत प्रिय आहे, ते मला सांग. हे देवेशा, हे प्रभो! मी तुला प्रिय असेन तर ते मला प्रकट कर.
Pārvatī
Tirtha: Prabhāsa (contextual target of the request)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The Goddess, earnest and intimate, petitions Śrīkaṇṭha for the most secret essence; the setting suggests a divine assembly or secluded Himalayan/śaiva ambience, foreshadowing revelation of Prabhāsa’s hidden greatness.
FAQs
The highest teaching is approached through humility, love, and earnest seeking of the ultimate essence.
The request is voiced within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya setting, where revelation is tied to sacred place-tradition.
None directly; it is a supplication for esoteric instruction (rahasya-upadeśa).